Pipe-stopper and tobacco-tamper.



No; 716,269, Patented Dec l6, I902. J. s. VON" NIEDA.

PIPE STOPPEB AND TOBACCO TAMPER.

(Application filed Fab. 18,.19023' (No Model.)

1 N TE STATES ATENT Fries.

PIPE -STOPPER AND TOBACCO-TAM PER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,269, dated December 1902. Application filed February 13 1902. Serial No. 93,879. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOSEPH S. VON NIEDA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sharonhill, county ofDelaware, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and usefullmprovementin Pipe-Stoppers and Tobacco-Tampers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in pipe-stoppers and tobaccotampers, and has for its object to provide a device which may be inserted in the bowl of the pipe, and thus cover the tobacco and prevent the tobacco from flying out of the pipe, and this device has alsoa movable part which may be pressedfdownward with the finger to" tamp the tobacco from time to time, so as to.

keep the same burning.

With these ends in View this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the con-. struction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a pipe,

showing my inventionapplied thereto; Fig.

7 2, a perspective View of my invention; Fig.

3, a longitudinal section of the bowl of the pipe, showing my invention applied thereto, and the movable part being pressed downward in the act of tamping the tobacco.

A is a disk which has formed with it the outwardly-extending springarms B. When the disk A is inserted within thebowl of the pipe, the spring-arms B are adapted to come in spring contact with the wall of the bowl of the pipe and hold the disk in position.

0 is a cylinder or barrel arising from the disk and secured thereto.

D is a tube which extends through the cylinder orbarrel O and the disk A and has secured to its lower end thetamping-disk E. The tube D extends also through this tamping-disk, and therefore the tube is open at both its upper and lower ends. The tube D has formed with or secured to it inside of the cylinder or barrel 0 the small annular flange F, and between the lower surface of this flange F and the upper surface of the disk A and surrounding the tube D, inside of the cylinder C, is a spring G. Thus if the tube and tamping-disk E are pressed downward when released the spring will return them to their normal position, the flange F stopping against the upper end of the cylinder or barrel G.

The disk A is provided with a number of holes l-I, formed through the same in that portion of the disk outside of the cylinder or barrel 0. Thus when the device is inserted in the bowl of the pipe the holes H .and the central opening through the tube D will allow for the entrance of sufficient air to give the proper draft to the pipe.

In operation the device is inserted in the bowl of the pipe after the same has been lighted the spring-arms B coming in contact with the bowl-shaped opening, and thus provides a cover to prevent the escape of the tobacco by reason of a draft of wind or tilting of the pipe, and when it is desired to compress the tobacco slightly, as is occasionally necessary, the upper end of the tube D is tapped slightly or pressed downward with the finger, which will force the tamping-disk E into contact with the tobacco, and this pressure will also cause the whole device to move down slightly to accommodate itself to the decreased amount of tobacco which is occasioned by the same being burned.

The advantage of my invention is that the I device is very compact and is so small that it may be easily carried in the vest-pocket, or preferably within the bowl of the,pipe when the pipe is not being used, and it not only furnishes a cover to protect the tobacco while burning, but it also furnishes a convenient means for tamping or pressing downward the tobacco, which is usually accomplished by the bare finger of the user of the pipe.

A further advantage is in the simplicity of construction, which enables it to be manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

I am aware that a number of devices have been patented whereby the tobacco may be tamped by pressing downward a central rod; but in all such devices they are secured to 10 from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- 1. In a pipe stopper and tamper, a perforated disk, springs formed therewith and extending salient therefrom, the ends of said springs coming in spring contact with the inside of the bowl of the pipe so as to hold the stopper and tamper in position, a spring-operating tamping plate or disk arranged below the perforated disk, a tubular shank connected to the tamping-disk and extending upward through the perforated disk, said tamping plate or disk adapted to be pressed downward from above for the purpose specified.

2. In a device of the character described, a perforated disk, spring-arms extending outward from the periphery of said disk adapted to come in contact with the bowl of the pipe so as to hold the device at any position within said bowl, a cylinder or barrel secured to the disk and arising therefrom, a tamping plate or disk arranged below the perforated disk, a tube secured to said tamping-disk and extending upward through the cylinder or barrel, an annular flange formed upon the exterior of the tube inside of the cylinder, a spring interposed between said annular flange and the perforated plate inside of the cylinder, said tube being open at both ends, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH S. VON NIEDA.

v Witnesses:

H. B. HALLOCK, L. W. MORRISON. 

